Google Tensor G3 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 821

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Google Tensor G3 Qualcomm Snapdragon 821

We compared two versions of phone SoCs: 9 cores 2910MHz Google Tensor G3 vs. 4 cores 2342MHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 821 . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption, and more.

Main Differences

Google Tensor G3Advantages

Better graphics card performance FLOPS (2.4158 TFLOPS vs 0.3343 TFLOPS )

Higher Frequency (2910MHz vs 2342MHz)

More modern manufacturing process (4nm vs 14nm)

Lower TDP (4.7W vs 11W)

Published 7 years 2 months later

Score

Benchmark

AnTuTu 10

Google Tensor G3 +336%

1016809

Qualcomm Snapdragon 821

233076

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Google Tensor G3 +351%

1767

Qualcomm Snapdragon 821

391

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Google Tensor G3 +461%

4477

Qualcomm Snapdragon 821

797

FP32 (float)

Google Tensor G3 +623%

2415

Qualcomm Snapdragon 821

334

Google Tensor G3

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Qualcomm Snapdragon 821

CPU

1x 2.91 GHz – Cortex-X3
4x 2.37 GHz – Cortex-A715
4x 1.7 GHz – Cortex-A510

Architecture

2x 2.342 GHz – Kryo
2x 1.6 GHz – Kryo

2910 MHz

Frequency

2342 MHz

9

Cores

4

-

L2 cache

1 MB

4 nm

Process

14 nm

-

Transistor count

2

4.7 W

TDP

11 W

Samsung

Manufacturing

Samsung

Graphics

Mali-G715 MP7

GPU name

Adreno 530

890 MHz

GPU frequency

653 MHz

7

Execution units

1

192

Shading units

256

16

Max size

8

2.4158 TFLOPS

FLOPS

0.3343 TFLOPS

-

Vulkan version

1.0

-

OpenCL version

2.0

-

DirectX version

11

Memory

LPDDR5X

Memory type

LPDDR4

-

Memory frequency

1866 MHz

4x 16 Bit

Bus

4x 16 Bit

-

Max bandwidth

29.8 Gbit/s

AI

Yes

NPU

Hexagon 680

Multimedia (ISP)

Yes

Neural processor (NPU)

Hexagon 680

UFS 3.1, UFS 4.0

Storage type

eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.0

3840 x 2160

Max display resolution

3840 x 2160

1x 200MP, 2x 32MP

Max camera resolution

1x 28MP, 2x 13MP

8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS

Video capture

4K at 30FPS

8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS

Video playback

4K at 30FPS

H.264, H.265, AV1, VP9

Video codecs

H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9

AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV

Audio codecs

AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV

-

Modem

X12

Connectivity

LTE Cat. 24

4G support

LTE Cat. 12

Yes

5G support

No

Up to 7300 Mbps

Download speed

Up to 600 Mbps

Up to 3700 Mbps

Upload speed

Up to 150 Mbps

7

Wi-Fi

5

5.3

Bluetooth

4.1

GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS

Navigation

GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo

Info

Oct 2023

Announced

Aug 2016

Flagship

Class

Flagship

-

Model number

MSM8996 Pro-AC

Google Tensor G3

Official page

Qualcomm Snapdragon 821

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